Television control method

ABSTRACT

A method is provided for controlling a television including a user input part for manipulating a channel adjusting item. The method includes displaying a channel map showing a predetermined number of channels including a tuned broadcast channel if the channel adjusting item is selected through the user input part, and a channel setting information menu corresponding to one of the channels shown in the channel map. Thus, the television control method not only allows a user to easily and simply recognize a channel setting state according to channels when the user wants to adjust channel-related functions, but also allows a user to conveniently and effectively adjust the channel setting state according to the channels.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority from Korean Patent Application No.2005-0032000, filed Apr. 18, 2005, in the Korean Intellectual PropertyOffice, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a television control method, and moreparticularly, to a television control method which not only allows auser to easily and simply recognize a channel setting state according tochannels when the user wants to adjust channel-related functions, butalso allows the user to conveniently and effectively adjust the channelsetting state according to the channels.

2. Description of the Related Art

In general, a television includes an antenna to receive broadcastsignals, a tuner to select a predetermined signal among the receivedbroadcast signals, a signal processor to process the tuned broadcastsignal, a display part to display a picture based on the processedbroadcast signal, and a microcomputer to control the tuner, the signalprocessor and the display part.

Such a television displays a user control menu as an on screen display(OSD), in which the user control menu includes various items forallowing a user to adjust a state of the television. Thus, a user canadjust the state of the television through the user control menu.

Recently, as digital technology has rapidly developed, marketpenetration of digital television has increased. Compared with an analogtelevision, the number of adjustable functions in digital television isbeing exponentially increased. In other words, the digital televisionprovides a user an opportunity to adjust various functions as developedin the digital technology.

However, too many functions of the digital television can becounterproductive. That is, a user may be confused by many andcomplicated functions rather than effectively using various functions.Particularly, a user is likely to be confused at channel-relatedfunctions that are considered a very important function of the digitaltelevision.

In a conventional digital television, in order to adjust thechannel-related functions, a user selects a channel adjusting item in auser control menu, and selects a desired one among variouschannel-related items displayed as sub-menus of the channel adjustingitem. Thus, a user selects the channels to be adjusted in a settingstate corresponding to the selected channel-related item, and thenadjusts the setting states of the respective channels one by one.Therefore, when the user wants to adjust the channel-related functions,the conventional digital television is inconvenient because the usershould select/adjust the respective channels according to thechannel-related items one by one. Further, a user may become confusedwhen trying to recognize the setting states of the channel-relatedfunctions corresponding to the respective channels.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is an aspect of the present invention to provide a television controlmethod which not only allows a user to easily and simply recognize achannel setting state according to channels when the user wants toadjust channel-related functions, but also allows the user toconveniently and effectively adjust the channel setting state accordingto the channels.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided amethod of controlling a television comprising a user input part formanipulating a channel adjusting item, the method comprising displayinga channel map showing a predetermined number of channels including atuned broadcast channel when the channel adjusting item is selectedthrough the user input part, and a channel setting information menucorresponding to one of the channels shown in the channel map.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the method furthercomprises selecting a user control function through the user input part;displaying a user control menu including the channel adjusting item whenthe user control function is selected; and selecting the channeladjusting item in the user control menu.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the displaying thechannel map and the channel setting information menu comprisesdisplaying the channel setting information menu corresponding to thechannel pointed by a pointing highlight on the channel map.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the channel map isdisplayed by dividing total channels into a plurality of channel pagesincluding the predetermined number of channels, and the displaying thechannel map and the channel setting information menu comprisesdisplaying the channel page including the tuned broadcast channel in thechannel map while pointing the tuned broadcast channel when the channeladjusting item is selected in the user control menu.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the channel map and thechannel setting information menu are displayed on a channel adjustingmenu at the same time.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the user input partcomprises up/down/left/right keys to move the pointing highlight forpointing the channel on the channel map, and channel switching up/downkeys to switch the channel page, and the pointing highlight moves on thechannel map as the up/down/left/right keys are manipulated, and thechannel page is turned as the channel switching up/down keys aremanipulated.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the method furthercomprises determining whether a predetermined period of time elapses inthe state that the pointing highlight stops at a predetermined channelin the case where the pointing highlight is moved on the channel map asthe user input part is manipulated; and tuning the television to thechannel pointed by the pointing highlight when the predetermined periodof time elapses in the state that the pointing highlight stops.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the channel settinginformation menu comprises: a channel name item to adjust a name of thechannel; a channel add/erase item showing an add/erase state of thechannel and adding/erasing the channel; a preference channel itemshowing whether the channel is set as a preference channel and settingthe channel as the preference channel; a low noise amplifier itemshowing whether receive sensitivity is improved and setting the receivesensitivity; and a channel lock item showing whether a channel is lockedand setting a channel lock function.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the user input partcomprises a selection key to select a pointed item, the method furthercomprising: adjusting a channel setting state of a pointed channelthrough the channel setting information menu corresponding to thechannel pointed when the selection key is selected on the channel map.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the adjusting thechannel setting state of the pointed channel comprises displaying thepointing highlight on the channel setting information menu correspondingto the channel pointed when the selection key is manipulated; pointing apredetermined item by moving the pointing highlight on the channelsetting information menu as the user input part is manipulated; andadjusting the channel setting state corresponding to the item pointed bythe pointing highlight on the channel setting information menu as theuser input part is manipulated.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and/or other aspects of the present invention will becomeapparent and more readily appreciated from the following description ofthe exemplary embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanydrawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a control block diagram of a television according to anexemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 2A and 2B are flowcharts of a television control method accordingto an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 shows an interface including a channel map and a channel settinginformation menu displayed on the television according to an exemplaryembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 shows a turned channel page in the channel map of FIG. 3; and

FIG. 5 shows that a channel setting state is controlled through thechannel setting information menu of FIG. 4.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENT

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments of thepresent invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elementsthroughout. The exemplary embodiments are described below so as toexplain the present invention by referring to the figures.

As shown in FIG. 1, a television according to an exemplary embodiment ofthe present invention includes an antenna 1, a tuner 10, a signalprocessor 20, a mixer 25, a display part 30, a user input part 50, auser interface (UI) generator 40, and a microcomputer 60. According toan exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a control method fordigital television will be described by way of example, but the presentinvention is not limited thereto. Alternatively, the control methodaccording to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may beapplied to an analog television.

The antenna 1 is used for receiving broadcast signals, e.g., receiving adigital broadcast signal.

The tuner 10 is controlled by the microcomputer 60 to receive thedigital broadcast signals from the antenna 1, and select the broadcastsignal of a predetermined channel switched through the user input part50.

The signal processor 20 processes the broadcast signal output from thetuner 10 to be reproduced. For reference, the signal processor 20 mayinclude a channel decoder (not shown) to demodulate an intermediatefrequency broadcast signal of the digital broadcast signal tuned in thetuner 10 into a predetermined transport stream, a transport streamdecoder (not shown) to decode program information corresponding to thechannel switched by a user and a predetermined video signal stream ofthe transport stream output from the channel decoder, and a videodecoder (not shown) to receive and extract the video signal streamoutput from the transport stream decoder so as to restore the videosignal stream into an original video signal by extraction.

The mixer 25 processes the video signals to be displayed on the displaypart 30, thereby displaying a picture based on the video signalreproducibly processed by and output from the signal processor 20 to beoverlapped with a menu picture based on a UI menu signal outputted fromthe UI generator 40.

The display part 30 displays a picture based on the video signal outputfrom the mixer 25. For reference, the display part 30 may include adisplay panel (not shown) on which a picture is displayed, and a paneldriver (not shown) to drive the display panel to display a picture basedon the video signal output from the mixer 25.

The user input part 50 outputs a key signal to the microcomputer 60according to manipulations of a user. Here, the user input part 50 mayinclude a menu key (not shown) allowing a user to select a user controlfunction; up/down/right/left keys (not shown) provided in the front of atelevision; channel switching up/down keys (not shown), an enter key(not shown), an exit key (not shown), and a key signal generator (notshown) to generate the key signals according to key manipulations.

Alternatively, the user input part 50 may be achieved by a separateinput unit such as a mouse (not shown), a keyboard (not shown), or aremote controller (not shown). When a user manipulates the key, the keysignal generator generates the key signal corresponding to the keymanipulation, thereby transmitting the key signal to the microcomputer60. Thus, the microcomputer 60 controls the signal processor 20, the UIgenerator 40, the tuner 10 and the like in correspondence to the keysignal output from the key signal generator.

The UI generator 40 generates a user control menu containing variousadjusting items for allowing a user to adjust a state of the television,and sub-menus corresponding to the respective adjusting items on thebasis of the controls of the microcomputer 60, in which the user controlmenu and the sub-menus are displayed on the display part 30. Further,the UI menu signals corresponding to the user control menu and itssub-menus generated by the UI generator 40 are mixed with the videosignal output from the signal processor 20, and displayed on the displaypart 30. Here, the UI generator 40 may be achieved by an OSD generatorto generate an OSD.

When the channel adjusting item for adjusting channel-related functionsis selected in the user control menu, the UI generator 40 generates achannel map showing a predetermined number of channels including a tunedbroadcast channel, and a channel setting information menu correspondingto the channel pointed by a pointing highlight on the channel map.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the menu key is manipulated while the displaypart 30 displays a picture based on the broadcast signal, e.g., whilethe television displays a picture corresponding to a channel number of“7”, the UI generator 40 displays the user control menu according to thecontrols of the microcomputer 60. At this time, when the channeladjusting item is selected in the user control menu, the UI generator 40is controlled by the microcomputer 60 to display a channel adjustingmenu 3 having a channel map 3 a corresponding to a channel pagecontaining the tuned channel “7” pointed by a pointing highlight 3 b,and a channel setting information menu 3 d corresponding to the channelpointed by the pointing highlight 3 b. Preferably, but not necessarily,the microcomputer 60 stores preset channel setting states of therespective channels, and thus the UI generator 40 receives the channelsetting states of a desired channel from the microcomputer 60 andgenerates it as the channel setting information menu 3 d.

The channel map is displayed by dividing a total number of channels intoa plurality of channel pages each including a predetermined number ofchannels. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention,the channel map has 5 channel pages, and each channel page includes 20channels, i.e., the number of total channels is 100. In FIG. 3, thechannel map 3 a shows the first channel page among five channel pages.Further, page information 3 c lets a user know what channel page isdisplayed among the total channel pages. For example, “1/5” indicatesthe first channel page among a total of five channel pages.

Further, the UI generator 40 moves the pointing highlight 3 b up, down,left and right according to the controls of the microcomputer 60 basedon the input of the user input part 50, and is controlled by themicrocomputer 60 to display the channel page to be turned.

Here, the channel setting information menu 3 d includes various settinginformation showing the channel setting states about the channel “7”pointed in the channel map 3 a. That is, the channel setting informationmenu 3 a contains a channel name item to adjust names of channels; achannel add/erase item showing an add or erase state of a channel andadding and/or erasing a channel; a preference channel item showingwhether a channel is set as a preference channel and setting a channelas the preference channel; a low noise amplifier (LNA) item showingwhether receive sensitivity is improved and setting the receivedsensitivity; and a channel lock item showing whether a channel is lockedand setting a channel lock function.

Thus, when the channel adjusting function is selected, the televisioncontrol method according to an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention shows the channel setting information corresponding to eachchannel as moving the pointing highlight 3 b on the channels, andeffectively shows the channels by dividing a large number of totalchannels into predetermined channel pages.

The microcomputer 60 controls the user control menu to be displayed whenthe user control function is selected by the menu key of the user inputpart 50, and controls the UI generator 40 to display the channeladjusting menu 3 when the channel adjusting item is selected foradjusting the channel-related function in the user control menu.Further, the microcomputer 60 controls the UI generator 40 to move thepointing highlight 3 b on the channels in the channel map as theup/down/left/right keys are manipulated through the user input part 50.Also, the microcomputer 60 controls the UI generator 40 to turn thechannel page in the channel map as the channel switching up/down keysare manipulated through the user input part 50.

Further, while the channel pointed by the pointing highlight 3 b isswitched as the pointing highlight 3 b moves on the channels or thechannel page is turned through the user input part 50, the microcomputer60 determines whether a predetermined period of time elapses in thestate that the pointing highlight 3 b points a predetermined channel.That is, the microcomputer 60 determines whether the pointing highlight3 b is stopped at a certain channel for more than a predetermined periodof time. When the pointing highlight 3 b is stopped at a certain channelfor more than a predetermined period of time, the microcomputer 60controls the tuner 10 and the signal processor 20 to display a picturecorresponding to the pointed channel. Thus, in the television controlmethod according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, apicture corresponding to a channel pointed by the pointing highlight 3 bis displayed not when the pointing highlight 3 b moves on the channelsquickly, but when the pointing highlight 3 b is stopped at a certainchannel for more than a predetermined period of time. Therefore, a quickchannel scan is possible.

Below, exemplary embodiments in which the channel page is turned and thepointed channel changed corresponding to the turned channel page isadjusted in the channel setting state will be described with referenceto FIGS. 4 and 5.

When the channel switching down key of the user input part 50 ismanipulated, the microcomputer 60 controls the UI generator 40 to turnthe channel page, thereby displaying a channel map 3 a′ corresponding tothe second channel page and a changed page information 3 c of “2/5” asshown in FIG. 4. At this time, the UI generator 40 maintains theposition pointed by the pointing highlight 3 b, so that the pointinghighlight 3 b points a channel “27”. Further, the UI generator 40displays a channel setting information 3 d′ about the pointed channel“27”. Here, the channel setting information about the channel “27” showsthat the channel “27” has a channel name of “movie 1”; the channel additem is set; a preference channel item is not set; the low noiseamplifier is not set; and the channel lock is set.

When the enter key of the user input part 50 is manipulated in the stateof FIG. 4, the microcomputer 60 controls the UI generator 40 to displaya highlight 3 b′ informing a user that a channel “27” is selected asshown in FIG. 5. Further, the UI generator 40 displays the channelsetting information menu 3 d′ of FIG. 4 to be pointed by a pointinghighlight 3 f, and changes it into a channel setting information menu 3d″ of FIG. 5 which can allow a user to set the channel setting state.

Here, the UI generator 40 is controlled by the microcomputer 60 to movethe pointing highlight 3 f on the channel setting information menu 3 d″as the up, down, left and right keys are manipulated through the userinput part 50.

As an example of adjusting the channel setting states of the channel“27” selected by the highlight 3 d′ through the channel settinginformation menu 3 d″, a process of setting the channel “27” as thepreference channel will be described with reference to FIG. 5. The UIgenerator 40 is controlled by the microcomputer 60 to make the pointinghighlight 3 f on the channel setting information menu 3 d″ point thereference channel item as the left/right keys or the up/down keys aremanipulated through the user input part 50. For example, when the enterkey is selected in the state that the pointing highlight 3 f points thepreference channel item showing that the channel “27” is not set as thepreference channel, the UI generator 40 displays that the channel “27”is set as the preference channel, and the microcomputer 60 storesinformation that the channel “27” is set as the preference channel. Inthe processes of adjusting the channel setting states of the channel“27”, the same or similar methods of adjusting the preference channelitem can be applied to the channel name item, the channel add/eraseitem, the low noise amplifier item and the channel lock item.

Thus, when the channel adjusting function is selected, the televisioncontrol method according to an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention shows the channel setting information corresponding to eachchannel pointed by the pointing highlight 3 b, and allows a user toeffectively adjust the channel setting states of the respective channelsin the channel setting information menu.

Below, the television control method according to an exemplaryembodiment of the present invention will be described with reference toFIGS. 2A and 2B.

At operation S10, the television reproduces a broadcast signalcorresponding to a channel selected by a user. At operation S20, a userselects the user control function by manipulated the menu key. Atoperation S30, the UI generator 40 generates the user control menu. Atoperation S40, a user selects the channel adjusting item in the usercontrol menu by manipulating the user input part 50. At operation S50,the UI generator 40 highlights the tuned channel, e.g., the channel “7”in the channel map 3 a corresponding to the channel page including thechannel “7” and displays the channel setting information menu 3 dshowing the channel setting states corresponding to the highlightedchannel (refer to FIG. 3). Here, when the exit key is manipulated in theoperation of S32, the UI generator 40 stops displaying the user controlmenu, and thus the television reproduces the broadcast signalcorresponding to the channel selected by a user.

In the operation S50 displaying the channel map 3 a and the channelsetting information menu 3 d, when the channel switching up/down keys ofthe user input part 50 are manipulated at operation S52, the UIgenerator 40 turns and displays the channel page of the channel map atoperation S53. For example, when the down key is manipulated in thestate of FIG. 3 (the first channel page), the UI generator 40 turns thechannel page, thereby displaying the channel map 3 a′ corresponding tothe second channel page as shown in FIG. 4. At operation S54, the UIgenerator 40 displays the channel setting information menu of thechannel pointed by the pointing highlight 3 b in the channel mapcorresponding to the turned channel page as the channel switchingup/down keys are manipulated. Further, in the operation of S50, when theup/down keys or the left/right keys are manipulated through the userinput part 50 at operation S55, the UI generator 40 moves the pointinghighlight 3 b up/down or left/right on the channel map 3 a at operationS56. Thus, at operation S57, the UI generator 40 displays the channelsetting information menu corresponding to the channel pointed by thepointing highlight 3 b as the up/down keys or the left/right keys aremanipulated. Also, in the operation of S50, when the exit key ismanipulated at operation S51, the UI generator 40 displays a previousmenu, i.e., the user control menu S30. Preferably, but not necessarily,the microcomputer 60 stores information about the preset channel settingstates of the respective channels, and thus the UI generator 40 receivesthe information about the channel setting states of a desired channelfrom the microcomputer 60 and generates it as the channel settinginformation menu.

While the operations S50 through S57 for displaying and manipulating thechannel map 3 a and the channel setting information menu areimplemented, i.e., while the channel pointed by the pointing highlight 3b is switched as the pointing highlight 3 b moves corresponding tomanipulation of the up/down/left/right keys or as the channel page isturned corresponding to manipulation the channel switching up/down key,at operation S60, the microcomputer 60 determines whether apredetermined period of time elapses in the state that the pointinghighlight 3 b points a predetermined channel. That is, at operation S60,the microcomputer 60 determines whether the pointing highlight 3 b isstopped at a certain channel for more than a predetermined period oftime. When the pointing highlight 3 b is stopped at a certain channelfor more than a predetermined period of time, at operation S65, themicrocomputer 60 controls the tuner 10 and the signal processor 20 toreproduce the broadcast signal corresponding to the pointed channel.

Here, when the enter key is manipulated through the user input part 50in the operation S50, i.e., in the state that the channel “27” ispointed as shown in FIG. 4, the UI generator 40 displays the channel map3 a′ including the highlight 3 b′ informing a user that the channel “27”is selected as shown in FIG. 5. Further, at operation S70, the UIgenerator 40 displays the channel setting information menu 3 d′ of FIG.4 to be pointed by the pointing highlight 3 f, and changes it into thechannel setting information menu 3 d″ of FIG. 5 which can allow a userto set the channel setting state. Here, when the up, down, left andright keys are manipulated at operation S71, the UI generator 40 movesthe pointing highlight 3 f on the channel setting information menu 3 d″at operation S72. Further, in the operation S70, when the exit key ismanipulated at operation S73, the UI generator 40 displays the previousmenu. That is, in the operation S70, when the exit key is manipulated atoperation S73, the UI generator 40 changes the channel settinginformation menu 3 d″ into the channel setting information menu 3 d′ onwhich the pointing highlight 3 f is not displayed, and changes thechannel map 3 a′ of FIG. 4 having the highlight 3 b′ into the channelmap 3 a′ of FIG. 5 having the pointing highlight 3 b at operation S50.

In the operation S70, when the enter key of the user input part 50 ismanipulated at operation S74, i.e., when the enter key is selected inthe state that the preference channel item for the channel “27” ispointed by the pointing highlight 3 f as shown in FIG. 5 at operationS74, the UI generator 40 determines whether the current channel is setas the preference channel at operation S75. When it is determined thatthe channel “27” is not set as the preference channel as shown in FIG.4, the UI generator 40 displays that the channel “27” is set as thepreference channel as shown in FIG. 5 at operation S77, and thus themicrocomputer 60 stores information that the channel “27” is set as thepreference channel. On the other hand, in the operation S75, when it isdetermined that the channel “27” is set as the preference channel, theUI generator 40 displays that the channel “27” is not set as thepreference channel at operation S76, and thus the microcomputer 60stores information that the channel “27” is not set as the preferencechannel.

Thus, when the channel adjusting function is selected, the televisioncontrol method according to an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention shows the channel setting information corresponding to eachchannel pointed by moving the pointing highlight on the channels, andeffectively shows the channels by dividing the total number of channelsinto predetermined channel pages. Further, the television control methodaccording to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention allows auser to effectively adjust the channel setting states of the respectivechannels in the channel setting information menu.

As described above, the present invention provides a television controlmethod which not only allows the user to easily and simply recognize achannel setting state according to channels when the user wants toadjust channel-related functions, but also allows the user toconveniently and effectively adjust the channel setting state accordingto the channels.

Although a few exemplary embodiments of the present invention have beenshown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the artthat changes may be made in these exemplary embodiments withoutdeparting from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope ofwhich is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of controlling a television comprising auser input part for manipulating a channel adjusting item, the methodcomprising: displaying a channel map showing a predetermined number ofchannels including a tuned broadcast channel if the channel adjustingitem is selected through the user input part, and a channel settinginformation menu corresponding to one of a plurality of channels shownin the channel map and comprising one or more settings adjustable thoughthe user input part; determining whether a predetermined period of timeelapses in a state that a pointing highlight on the channel map isstopped at the channel in the case where the pointing highlight is movedon the channel map as the user input part is manipulated; and tuning thetelevision to the channel pointed by the pointing highlight if thepredetermined period of time elapses in the state that the pointinghighlight is stopped.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein thechannel setting information menu comprises: at least one of a channelname item to adjust a name of the channel; a channel add or erase itemshowing an add or erase state of the channel and adding or erasing thechannel; a preference channel item showing whether the channel is set asa preference channel and setting the channel as the preference channel;a low noise amplifier item showing whether receive sensitivity isimproved and setting the receive sensitivity; and a channel lock itemshowing whether a channel is locked and setting a channel lock function.3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the user input partcomprises a third key which is manipulated to select a pointed item, themethod further comprising adjusting a channel setting state of a pointedchannel through the channel setting information menu corresponding tothe pointed channel if the third key is manipulated.
 4. The methodaccording to claim 3, wherein the adjusting the channel setting state ofthe pointed channel comprises: displaying the pointing highlight on thechannel setting information menu corresponding to the pointed channel ifthe selection key is manipulated; pointing a predetermined item bymoving the pointing highlight on the channel setting information menu asthe user input part is manipulated; and adjusting the channel settingstate corresponding to the item pointed by the pointing highlight on thechannel setting information menu as the user input part is manipulated.5. A method of controlling a television comprising a user input part formanipulating a channel adjusting item, the method comprising: selectingthe channel adjusting item through the user input part; displaying achannel map showing a predetermined number of channels including a tunedbroadcast channel and a channel setting information menu correspondingto a channel pointed to by a pointing highlight on the channel map;moving the pointing highlight on the channel map as the user input partis manipulated; determining whether a predetermined period of timeelapses in a state in which the pointing highlight is stopped at thechannel; and tuning the television to the channel pointed to by thepointing highlight if the predetermined period of time elapses in thestate in which the pointing highlight is stopped at the channel.
 6. Adisplay apparatus comprising: a display part to display a picture basedon a received broadcast signal; a user input part to manipulate achannel adjusting item; a receiving part to receive a command formanipulating the channel adjusting item from a user input part; acontroller to control the display part to display a channel map showinga predetermined number of channels and a channel setting informationmenu corresponding to one of a plurality of channels shown in thechannel map and to determine whether a predetermined period of timeelapses in a state that a pointing highlight on the channel map isstopped at the channel in the case where the pointing highlight is movedon the channel map as the user input part is manipulated; and a tuner totune the display part to a channel pointed by the pointing highlight onthe channel map if the predetermined period of time elapses in the statethat the pointing highlight is stopped, wherein the controllercomprising one or more settings adjustable though the user input part,if the command is received through the receiving part.
 7. A televisioncomprising: a display part to display a channel map showing apredetermined number of channels including a tuned broadcast channel anda channel setting information menu corresponding to a channel pointed toby a pointing highlight on the channel map; a user input part to selecta channel adjusting item and to move the pointing highlight on thechannel map; a controller to determine whether a predetermined period oftime elapses in a state in which the pointing highlight is stopped atthe channel; and a tuner to tune the television to the channel pointedto by the pointing highlight if the predetermined period of time elapsesin the state in which the pointing highlight is stopped at the channel.